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November 9, 2026

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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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From Spinifex Country to Lismore for a $23,000 art prize

In Michelle Anderson’s Kanpala, circles of red, orange and yellow bring a place in Western Australia’s Spinifex Country into view. It’s a place she returns to often in paint: Kanpa, the Country where her grandmother was born.

What does the US blue tsunami mean for us?

In a stunning repudiation of Donald Trump and the Republican Party he remade in his image, US voters have chosen alternative candidates across the country in midterm elections.

Chumps: certain fools

I noticed in a recent edition of The Echo what I regard as the most enduringly relevant of the...

Stone fruit season has arrived!

There’s something special about biting into a perfectly ripe peach or nectarine, with juice running down your chin and the taste of summer in every mouthful. Stone fruit season is now underway, and local grower Rajesh Kumar is bringing a beautiful selection of fresh fruit to the farmers’ markets.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

New approach needed for Northern Rivers public transport says Cadwallader

It is the age-old story – the lack of public transport across the Northern Rivers that leads to high car ownership and a failure of local and regional public transport infrastructure and use.

Yes, PJ Prideaux (Letters, 11 June) it’s great you are willing to donate to a reader’s electric motorbike (e-bike) injuries, but enforceable legislation is already in place. Any electric bike with an accelerator, more than 250 watts and capability of over 25km/h is illegal. The key word is ‘enforceable.’ The group which is supposed to do this is, ironically, the NSW Police Force.

I have written to the general manager at Byron Shire Council, and Tamara Smith MP for Ballina, and visited Byron police station three times about e-bikes. Byron police people have told me they do not have sufficient cars or staff to, e.g. block off the bike paths and impose fines on e-bikers.

Tamara Smith’s office sent me a letter saying legislation is currently underway to give police the power to seize illegal bikes. When that happens, e-bikers will no doubt use social media to warn others about the police presence and illegal bikes will disappear. I hope it is not the same time that pink feathered piglets fly into a glorious winter sunset.

Raphael Lee Cass, Byron Bay



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